Closure device for a charging or tank flap of an automotive vehicle
AssigneeMINEBEA MITSUMI Inc.
InventorsMartin Winker, Fabian Sekinger, Stefan Lindhuber
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Abstract
The invention is based on a closure device for a charging or tank flap of an automotive vehicle, comprising a flap element, comprising a drive unit including an electrical actuator for traversing the flap element between a closed position and an open position and a guide unit disposed within a body of the automotive vehicle, wherein the guide unit includes two guide rails extending in parallel to one another and two carriages arranged to be traversable on the guide rails, on which the flap element is arranged. The drive unit may include at least one gear unit for the synchronous transmission, to both carriages, of a drive movement generated by the actuator.
Claims14
A closure device for a charging or tank flap of an automotive vehicle, comprising a flap element, comprising a drive unit including an electric actuator for traversing the flap element between a closed position and an open position and a guide unit disposed within a body of the automotive vehicle, wherein the guide unit includes two guide rails extending in parallel to one another and two carriages arranged to be traversable on the guide rails, on which the flap element is arranged, wherein the drive unit includes at least one gear unit for the synchronous transmission, to both carriages, of a drive movement generated by the actuator;
- wherein each of the carriages comprises a rack, wherein each of the racks is in mesh with a pinion gear directly or indirectly driven by the actuator and provided to transform a rotary movement of each of the pinion gears to a movement of each of the carriages along one of the guide rails;
- wherein the drive unit includes a cross shaft, driven by the at least one gear unit, extending between the two guide rails and rotatably supported in the guide rails, wherein the cross shaft carries a pinion gear on each of its ends, which meshes with a rack of a carriage.
A closure device for a charging or tank flap of an automotive vehicle, comprising a flap element, comprising a drive unit including an electric actuator for traversing the flap element between a closed position and an open position and a guide unit disposed within a body of the automotive vehicle, wherein the guide unit includes two guide rails extending in parallel to one another and two carriages arranged to be traversable on the guide rails, on which the flap element is arranged, wherein the drive unit includes at least one gear unit for the synchronous transmission, to both carriages, of a drive movement generated by the actuator, wherein the drive unit includes two gear units arranged at each of the guide rails and provided to synchronously transmit a drive movement of the actuator to both carriages and wherein each of the gear units directly drives at least one pinion gear each meshing with a rack of a carriage.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.